Vise.



No. 797,376. PATENTED AUG.15, 1905. J. P. SCHNEIDER, s3. visa APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1905.

F lm TF1) SillAEFS BATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed May 19,1905. Serial No. 261,152.

To It who/n. it nuty concern/.-

Be it known that I, Joan P. SonNnInna, Sn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Vises, of which the following is a specification.

ftfly invention relates to improvements in Vises.

@ne of its objects is to provide a vise of simple construction and universal adjustment.

Another object is to provide a vise adapted for the convenient filing and sharpening of woodworking blades and bits and similar articles and which can be conveniently and quickly adjusted to varying positions required to secure proper light on the work and a corn venient position for the operator.

Another object is to provide a vise in which a single clamp operated by one hand releases or clamps the adjustable section in any position, leaving the adjustable section free in the other hand to be turned in any direction until the desired position is attained, when the clamp is applied.

Another object is to provide a vise in which jaw-pieces of different styles may be quickly substituted one for another as required.

it further consists in certain details of form, combination, and arrangement, all of which will be more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of my improved vise. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the base and uprights. Fig. 4: is a detail view of the eyebolt detached. Fig. 5 1s a perspective view of a modified vise-head.

One of the classes of work for which my improved vise is particularly adapted is tiling and sharpening the various knives and bits used on woodworking-machines which require to be frequently and carefully adjusted to varying angles and directions, so that the light will be properly reflected from their faces, and to bring that portion to be worked upon into convenient position for the oper ator, which could not be conveniently done with the devices heretofore in use. it is also applicable wherever a vise with universal adjustment is desired.

in the accompanying drawings, A represents the base to be secured to a bench or other support.

l) B represent upright flanges set parallel with each other and one of which is preferably detachable from the base to permit the introduction of the eyebolt C, through the eye of which the shank D of the head F is inserted. 'l he flanges B B are preferably provided with semicircular faces 7), against which rests the under face or shoulder f of the head F, which carries the vise-jaws. if desired, a plane section 7/ may be provided on the faces t to more readily adjust the jaws to a vertical position, this being the position most extensively employed.

The eye-bar C has a central eye 0, whose exterior is preferably a section of a sphere, and threaded projections c c at opposite sides thereof, which project through central openings in the flanges B l3. H represents a wing-nut engaging the threads of one or other of the projections c c, which serves to clamp the shank 1) against one of the flanges B B to lock the parts to the adjusted position. The nut H may be shifted to either projection 0 or c to adapt the vise for use by a right or left handed person.

' Y) represents concave recesses on the inside of lianges B B, into which a portion of the eye 0 projects, leaving only room suflicient between the flanges to receive the shank l).

T he form of the jaws or work-holder may be variously modilied to suit the work to be done, and a variety of dilfcrent-formed workholders may be intorcl'iangeably employed, as they are very readily substituted one for another. ln Fig. 1 .l have shown a form particularly adapted to the liling and sharpening of knives, bits, and similar work, in which the jaw (it is formed with or secured rigidly to the head F. The jaw Gr is hinged thereto at g and clamped upon the work by a bolt 1, threaded through a boss g on the jaw G. J represents a spring to separate the jaws when boltl is unscrewed. The jaws are given an angular bend at which brings the blades or other work to the proper angle to be liled, and this angle may be varied by rotating the shank in the eye and, fi'lrther, by rotating the eye-bar to bring and clamp the head F to any angle on the faces 7), as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1, all of which adjustment is almost instantly efl ected by grasping the jaws in one hand, loosening the nut with the other, moving the jaws to the new position, and re tightening the nut H. In the same manner the loosening of the nut H enables one set of jaws to be removed and another substituted. Frizzer-bits, small saws, and similar articles which would have their cutting edges injured by clamping between jaws are clamped to a boss K by means of a bolt L passing through the bore of the cutter. This boss K may be formed on one of the jaws G G or may be mounted upon a separate head M, as desired.

The mechanism herein specified is capable of considerable modification without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an article of the character indicated, a base provided with parallel uprights, the upper faces of said uprights forming a seat for the vise-head, an eyebolt having a shank projecting through one of said uprights a vise-head provided with clamping-jaws and a shank projecting downward between the up I rights to enter the eye of the eyebolt. and means for drawing up the eyebolt to clamp the shank to one of the uprights.

2. In an article of the character indicated, a base having uprights with curved faces to form a seat for the vise-head, an eyebolt having its ends projecting through apertures in the uprights, a clamping-nut on said eyebolt, and a vise-head seating on said uprights and provided with clamping-jaws and a shank to i enter the eye of the eyebolt.

3. In an article of the character indicated, f

ing-nut on said shank, a vise-head provided With angularly-bent jaws, and a shank to enter the eye of the eyebolt.

l. In an article of the character indicated,

a base having an upright with a curved face,- an eyebolt having a shank projecting through said upright, a concave recess in the upright adjacent to the eye, a vise-head having a shoulder to rest upon the curved face of the upright and a shank to enter the eye of the eyebolt. and means for drawing the eye into the recess to clamp the shank of the vise to the upright.

5. In an article of the character indicated, a base having an upright with a curved face, an eyeboltv having a shank projecting through said upright, a concave recess in the upright adjacent to the eye, a vise-head having a shoulder to rest upon the curved face of the upright. a shank to enter the eye of the eyebolt, and a tool-holder consisting of a boss and clamping-bolt, and means for clamping the shank of the vise-head between the eye and the face of the upright.

6. In an article of the character indicated. a base provided with an upright, an eyebolt passing through said upright with the eye on one side of the upright and a clamping-nut engaging the threaded end of the eyebolt at the opposite side of the upright, a vise-head having a shoulder to engage the exterior of the upright, a shank to enter the eye of the eyebolt, and means for clamping the work to said head.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

7 JOHN P. SCHNEIDER, SR. IVitnesses:

JOHN P. SCHNEIDER, Jr., C. IV. MILEs. 

